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Basque is an interesting subjects (just checked the map links). Nobody really know where they originate from, but they are one of the, if not the oldest existing European people.

Sparta vs. Samoa... waiting for the outcome There are entire websites dedicated to amusing auto-correct results

Don't feel too bad about subscribing for a while, we wont tell anyone Heck, I've got two subscriptions at the moment. Buying the expansion for my "alt" account (I run a completely separate accounts, one for home one for on the road, traveling with my laptop, just in case my laptop gets lost, compromised or otherwise). Didn't intend to subscribe on that one as it already had all the "unlocks", but it was less than $5 to get a month complimentary with expansion. I'll let that one "lapse" again though, as it really is just an alternative to Windows Spider Solitaire when passing time in hotel rooms.

They would probably have done that years ago if they had some legal basis for it. Warmachine is an old miniature wargame not unlike older versions of the GW games. Privateer Press has been around for more than a decade IIRC.

Now I'm having visions of an in-game Bard (chanter?) starting up "kickstarter" projects to fund his traditional harp based compositions instead of all this modern lute based stuff.

I remember my very first build. Forgot to attach the fan to the CPU. Wondered why it kept stalling and stopping 2 seconds into POST. Then I noticed something was missing and touched the CPU with my finger tip, giving a slightly startled yelp of pain (it was very hot). Those were the days [/nostalgia] Nice build indeed. I wish I could add more RAM to my current system, but unfortunately ye olde Gigabyte motherboard doesn't want that.

The Eisenhorn books... nobody escapes the Imperial Inquisition, whether alien, heretic or mutant, they are all vile in the eyes of the Emperor and must be rooted out where they can be found.

Aren't there games like Dead or Alive or Sexy Beach or whatever they are called around for that purpose?

Story doesn't make sense. I believe 'he' is a 'she' I think that one is going to be an easy decision... I'll invite that companion with as much enthusiasm as if had been a Gungan. If nothing else, because the first encounter with them rammed home the message that the Star Wars movie franchise of which I had been a fan up until the 3rd movie was truly dead. Bad enough that it started out looking like an episode of the Muppet Show (no offense intended to Muppets anywhere, I love the Muppet Show), but the sheer stupidity of Ewoks and them fighting Imperial Stormtroopers just pushed the movie over the edge into too much sillyness.

Good geopolitics says you should always keep some manageable enemies and crisis' at hand for emergencies.

Try here. Not AutoUpdate, but as far as I know the only place to access updates at all. If you have the GOG version, it is already at the final patch. Thanks My version is the old retail collectors edition (with maps and metal rings etc.). I might just get the GoG version as a matter of convenience (and while still available).

Yes. We just all switch to using Star Dates. If that fails, we can try UTC

A bit unrelated, I know, but who currently hosts the auto update files for NWN2 (when running the patcher). Just wondering if say Atari were to fold for good (rather than some kind of reconstruction), would it become a challenge to start hunting for said files? @Zor: When you refer to BG3, are you talking about The Black Hound (which Atari managed to get cancelled when Black Isle was working on it).

If ISI could have done it, I'm sure they would have loved to ship off OBL to Kashmir and stir up the flames there.

Normally I would applaud a movement that seeks secular values, enlightenment, education etc. I just worry that people are flocking to it because it is *a* cause, not because of *the* cause itself.

I'm late as usual (I blame time zones). Welcome

When was the last time the Brits won in one of the sports they invented? 1966? Congratulations to Mr. Murray

*flashing blue lights*... This is an emergency post. Dice Quick, somebody check if this man still has a sanity!

I actually thought Obsidian did a good job of capturing the look of the original Mira voice actress (as in not so much designed her as just made her look like the flesh and blood counterpart). I don't really use planetary commendations much anymore, since my characters, between cybertech and artifice can manufacture most mods up to prototype quality, some up to artifact quality. Challenge is to keep my raw material storage restocked. That's where GTN is handy when you can't be bothered to look up some level 1 or 2 resource. Commendations mostly gets used on "frivolities" like artifact cases etc. Sometimes it's less useful, sometimes you get pleasant surprises. My main guy having custom armour (the "Burner" armour from the big Hutt merchant, it sort of suited a guy whose main weapon is a flame thrower) means I do every now and then buy some mods, but it's not a regular occurrence. Played a number of flashpoints over the weekend and now have my characters waiting around on the space station(s) to claim their rewards when the XP gets back to normal. Edit: Yes, the "Gault" story line was just too contrived and the character not the kind I would tolerate on a ship, especially if I had to leave it with the keys in the ignition every now and then. Only one I found worse is Kaliyo, and you seem to be stuck with her for a *very* long time in the Agent story line Edit2: Just to put a positive counterpoint, not having seen more than a third of the available (if even that) companions, my favourites so far has to be Aric and Elara (both trooper companions)

If the birds are pigeons, then I'm all for more wind turbines. The infestation levels in this neighbourhood is really bad. Simply not enough natural enemies.

Not really Never been there, was just enjoying playing my characters through the story, the planets, collecting companions etc. Flashpoints being great fun most of the time and rarely doing the PVP thing (my least favourite part). When my Warzone commendations ran full, I just swapped it all for an inventory full of little credit cases In short, for me, it's an unwanted inconvenience, end-game not being a goal (I'll probably retire my characters if/when they get there).

What kind of fascists do you work for ?! Welcome to multinational, corporate culture! Edit to add: I wouldn't really presume to compare being a cop with being a mod. Yes, you get to listen to a bit of verbal abuse on very rare occasions, but honestly, most of the time you (i.e. me) get flak for what you post as a community member, nothing else. I do have a number of relatives in the police force, from prison wardens to intelligence service and the stories they tell makes your skin crawl. I don't envy them their jobs or what they sometimes have to "suck it up".

If I started pepper spraying our developers or support teams, I would probably be out of a job pretty soon

Your happiness is completely irrelevant @Spider: For me, it is the first time through. You can't really do much without getting buried under piles of XP and you have no chance of trying to keep your gear up to speed. Seriously, stuff like that needs to be optional, tick a box if you want to take the shortcuts, leave it unticked if wanting to play the game "normally".

Don't tell me, the "Double XP" **** is back again, this time also pestering us outside the weekends! >_ *RaarrrrgghhhH!* (Scream of frustration) That seriously sucks. Noticed in the middle of a space mission that it was suddenly raining XP. Why do they keep punishing us?